Intro
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Stick it up, mister!, Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah
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Get your hands in the air, sir! And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
[Chorus]
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I said yeah (I said yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
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Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[Verse]
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Do you believe I would take such a thing with me, And give it to a police man?
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I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh), I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
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And if I do that, I would say "Sir, Come on and put the charge on me"
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I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh), I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
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I'm not a fool to hurt myself, So I was innocent of what they done to me
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They were wrong (give it to me one more time), They were wrong (ooh yeah)
[Pre-Chorus]
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You give it to me one time (huh), You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
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You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh), You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)
[Chorus]
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54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number (yeah)
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54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number
[Bridge]
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And I said yeah (I said yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
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Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[Horn Solo]
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[Verse]
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Oh, work could not control me now, Oh, no bars could not hold me now
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They hold I down and they lock-a you way, They try to keep I for a year and a day
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But through the powers of the Most High God, Got to turn me lose, I say
[Outro]
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54-46 was my number, eeeeehh, Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)
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54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number
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aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)(Fade)